Uncertainty in xenotransplantation: Individual benefit versus collective risk

Xenotransplantation continues to present daunting scientific hurdles but there is now a genuine prospect for clinical application. These are also significant and unknown risks. We call for a moratorium on all human xenotransplantation and offer a strategy for balancing the ethical, medical, scientif...

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Published in:	Nature medicine Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 141 - 144
Main Authors:	Bach, F.H, Fishman, J.A, Daniels, N, Proimos, J, Anderson, B, Carpenter, C.B, Forrow, L, Robson, S.C, Fineberg, H.V
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-02-1998
Subjects:	Advisory Committees Animal Experimentation Animals Bioethics Clinical Trials as Topic Ethics Guidelines as Topic Health Education Humans Infection Control Informed Consent Public Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Social Control, Formal Swine - virology Transplantation, Heterologous Uncertainty United States United States Food and Drug Administration - legislation & jurisprudence United States Health Care and Public Health
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Summary:	Xenotransplantation continues to present daunting scientific hurdles but there is now a genuine prospect for clinical application. These are also significant and unknown risks. We call for a moratorium on all human xenotransplantation and offer a strategy for balancing the ethical, medical, scientific and societal demands of xenotransplantation prior to human clinical trials.
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ISSN:	1078-8956 1546-170X
DOI:	10.1038/nm0298-141